Senior Software Engineer (Backend Platform)

Job Description:

We believe in bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here, your curiosity fuels progress, your voice shapes innovation, and your ambition helps redefine what’s possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact, challenges, and drives what’s next to power infinite possibilities for our customers, colleagues and society at large.

About the Role:

Wiley is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our engineering team in Amman, working on the platform behind many of the world's largest scientific publishers.
 

You will work primarily on the administrative applications that publishers and internal teams use to configure and manage their sites, and across the wider backend platform that powers them. This is a mature, multi-tenant Java system serving hundreds of publishers with different configurations and requirements, so the work spans backend services, data, and the interfaces built on top of them.
 

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and the features built on top of them.
• Modernize established modules onto a current frontend architecture while preserving the behavior customers depend on.
• Own features end to end, from data model and API design through to the interface.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, technical design reviews, and code reviews.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across development, testing, and production environments, driving them to root cause.
• Improve software quality through automated testing, refactoring, and management of technical debt.
• Collaborate with engineers, product management, and QA across multiple regions and time zones.
   

What We Look For:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience developing applications in Java, with a strong understanding of object-oriented design, data structures, and software design patterns.
• Hands-on experience with the Spring framework.
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Solid understanding of relational databases and SQL.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests using frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito.
• Hands-on experience with Git and Linux-based environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in established codebases with limited documentation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on quality.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a distributed team.
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional experience building user interfaces with React.
• Experience with XML technologies such as XSLT and XQuery, or with template engines.
• Experience with server-side Java UI frameworks, or with servlet and JSP based applications.
• Experience migrating a legacy web application to a modern JavaScript framework.
• Experience with multi-tenant systems where behavior is driven by per-customer configuration.
• Experience with messaging or event-driven architectures such as JMS or Kafka.
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as Cassandra.

We power infinite possibilities.

For more than 200 years, we've transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today, our global team of innovators, creators, and experts is driving what's next in science, education, and publishing—creating impact that reaches everywhere. 

 

We're not just observers of progress. We're the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs, advancing learning, and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives. 

Here, your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything. 

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact [email protected] for assistance.

We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development, and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.

We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies. Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for United Kingdom, Canada and USA based roles.

When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.

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